Summer 2025 - General Discussion

Prátaí people ...lol

No one is saying we aren't getting out and about in it but the dark evenings are disappointing, I love sitting out on a summers evening. This week lights on at 6pm most evenings as I said more like end of August.

We were out all day on Friday & today and enjoyed it, even with lack of sunshine.

However its a pain in the you know what having to drag a hoddie for everyone with you in case cold, but then you also need a light raincoat for everyone aswell in middle of summer, oh and dont forget the suncream, hats and sunglasses aswell just in case🤯

Thank god I still have a buggy for putting it all in, I dread when 3 year old is too grown up fot it!

I don’t think it’s a bad thing that we don’t get 37C. I’m liking this summer so far. Could be a bit more sunshine but it’s by far not the worst summer we have had.

Yes, total first world problems. If it was raining all the time we'd hear 'all I want is some dry weather just 18-21c'. When you have that we have 'we're not getting any sun'. When we get sun we get 'very disappointing, it took until 11am for the cloud to burn off, it's only 21c here, not the 26c Met Eireann mentioned'.

On the hotter days 'we never broke the all time record temperature, its really disappointing because the synoptics were perfect'. 'I couldn't work outside, it's too hot to work, 24-26c is my preferred temperature range'.

It follows through from weather to every aspect of Irish life 'the state of the country, Michael Collins would be spinning in his grave' BS. We have problems, like every country, but overall we are doing very well. Especially compared to previous Irish generations. We're a nation who moan our lives away, and I make no apologies for saying.

This is a typical Irish summer, what we've had since the end of the Little Ice Age in 1850. Before that summers were a little cooler. What do people expect?! It's the equivalent of moaning because Laois didn't win the Leinster football title again. Weather isn't something you can order on a menu.

Thanks 😊

16° here most of the day on the west coast, despite being pleasent enough out, the dew was still soaking on the grass at 3pm, air totally saturated.

Raining now. We had the best of the weather in April and May but it always seems to balance out in the end, not really catching much of a break from the westerly flow on the west coast this summer and no end in sight.

Thanks! Man here.

You'll have a great pair of arms from clipping under the electric fence. 25-30 years ago rolling up barbed wire on a stake was a serious workout for the arms!

We had a fair bit of wet land and when fencing couldn't bring a tractor to parts. Carrying 5 or 6 stakes 500m or so used be heavy going!

This year has been good for getting fodder in. A good few opportunities.